 The Plookers (1993-1997) were originally a chaotic party band around Martina Camenzind (voice, guitar) and LM (voice, guitar, bass), complemented with varying (non-) musicians playing drums, bass, horns, percussions, voices or keyboards. While practicing very scarcely, the genre of choice was schmuddelfunk. In the second half of 1995 the line-up stabilized for almost two years thanks to Dr. Gui (drums), Dr. Felice (bass guitar) and Anita (percussion). The self-produced CD hinted at the musical direction that the band might have taken in the future, however the February 1997 CD release party at Wasserwerk Bern turned out to be the last gig of the "electrified" Plookers...
Dedicated to the biggest Plookers fan of all times, Klaus Horisberger, 1969-2004 |
The Plookers Das erste Mal CD 1997, 17 minutes CMTP9701 music & lyrics: musicians: Hear! Hear! |
At the same time Martina and LM performed as The Plookers Unplooked (1994-1999), playing an acoustic explosive mixture of German "schmuddelschlagers", hip-hop and Frank Zappa songs (e.g. "Titties'n'Beer" in German!), as well as some own material, complemented with irritating travesty show blocks and occasional DJ entries, sometimes supported by the percussionist Anita.
Martina (guitar), Dr. Gui (drums) & LM (bass guitar) extended their "Martina & Øgl Punk Projekt" M.Ø.P.P. between 1997 and summer 1998. They worked hard on their new repertoire and played a couple of memorable and loud gigs, e.g. 1997 at the |
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